Necktie holder and stretcher



May 6, 1930. J. J. FITZGERALD NECKTIE HOLDER AND STRETCHER Filed Jan. 7, 1927 IVY/T167100?" Jb/uz/ Jf 06,235 era/6d.

PatentedMay 6, 1930 PATENT OFFICE JOHN J. FITZGERALD, OF EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS micz'rm HOLDER AND s'rmcnnn Application filed January 7,1927. Serial No. 159,691.

This invention relates to a holder and stretcher for neckties and'has for an ob]ect to provide a device which may be inserted within a four-in-hand type of necktie from 5 an end thereof for the purpose of holding said necktiein a perfectly smooth and flat manner, so that if thenecktie is packed with other clothing it will not become folded and wrinkled.

Itis furthermore a well-known fact that after a four-in-hand necktie has been worn a few times that the portions of said necktie that are formed into a knot become creased and wrinkled, thereby detracting from the appearance of the necktie and making it impossible to tie the same without the wrinkles being observed, and it is therefore an object of this invention to provide a device which may be inserted within thenecktie and utilized not only for stretching the necktie and thereby smoothing out the wrinkled portion, but which may also be utilized as .a form to hold the necktie when'thelatter is being pressed with a suitable'ironing .device. It is still further 'an objectof the invention to provide a means for holding'that portion of the necktie. which is not directly mounted upon the stretcher, tight and flat against the portion of the tie'that is mounted upon the stretcher to the end that the narrow portion of the necktie, whichmay also be somewhat wrinkled, may be held in a smooth and fiat manner.- t The invention consists in a holder and stretcher for neckties. as set forth in the following specification andparticularly as pointed out in the claim thereof.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 illustrates-a necktie having two wrinkled portions thereon, a stretcherembodying my invention being illustrated inserted for a portionof its length within the large end portion of said necktie.

Fig. 2 represents the stretcher of this invention in position within the necktie and stretching the latter at a wrinkled portion, the narrow portion of the necktie also being illustrated held within the stretcher.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the stretcher.

Fig; 4 is an enlarged detail transverse section taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

In'the drawings, 5 represents a four-in-. hand type necktie, 6 being the large end portion of the tie, 7 the narrow end portion and 8 the intermediate ,ortion. The large end portion 6 of the neo ie is illustrated as having a wrinkled portion 9, and the narrow end portion 7 is illustrated as having a wrinkled portion 10.

.The holder and stretcher comprising this invention is provided for the purpose of smoothing out and stretching the wrinkled portion 9 of the necktie after the same has become wrinkled, or from preventing the 05 large portion 6 of the necktie from becoming folded and wrinkled when the necktie is packed tightly with other clothing, as in a bag during transportation, and embodies therein a smooth flat member 11 having longi- 7 tudinal edges 12 tapering toward an end 13.

An intermediate portion 14 of the stretcher is enlarged slightly by curving the opposite longitudinal edges thereof outwardly at 15, thereby providing a portion which, when the 7 stretcher is inserted within the necktie, may be located at the wrinkled portion 9 thereof and act to stretch the wrinkled portion of the tie to a greater degree than does the straight edge portion of the stretcher.

Located adjacent to the large end portion of the stretcher 11 transversely extending slots 16 and 17 are separated by a transversely extending rib 18' and when the stretcher is inserted within the necktie, as illustrated in Fig. 2, the narrow end portion 7 of said ,necktie may be interlaced through saidslots 16 andj17 and then pulled taut, at which time the wrinkled portion 10 thereof will be pulled taut and the wrinkles removed.

The slots 16 and 17 and intermediate rib 18 may be furthermore employed as a'means for removing the wrinkles 10 in the narrow portion 7 of the necktie by inserting said narrow portion through said slots 16 and 17 5 and with the end portions of the tie hanging loosely, the wrinkled portion 10 may be pulled back and forth through said slots rubbing against the rib 18, the latter acting to smooth out the wrinkles.

A hole 19 is provided at one end of the stretcher and may be utilized in supporting the stretcher when the same is not in use. One of the flat surfaces of the stretcher is bevelled or rounded slightly at the edge thereof as illustrated at 20.

The device may also be employed in straightening out a lining 21 of the necktie at such times as said lining may become wrinkled within the tie, at which time all that-is necessary is to insert the stretcher within the tie and move the same back and forth until the lining has been straightened out.

I claim:

A holder and stretcher for neckties comprising a member provided with longitudinal edges tapering toward an end thereof and adapted to engage the longitudinal edge portions of a necktie upon the interior thereof and stretch said necktie, said member also embodying therein a plurality of co-operating enclosed parallel slots to hold a loose end portion of said necktie.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOHN J. FITZGERALD. 

